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News Federal judge rules Microsoft Word infringes patent
Federal judge rules Microsoft Word infringes patent
Devin Montgomery
August 13, 2009 09:19:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Wednesday held that Microsoft has infringed on a patent of Canadian company i4i with portions of its Word 2007...

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News Anti-government militias growing in US: rights group
Anti-government militias growing in US: rights group
Devin Montgomery
August 13, 2009 08:09:00 am

Right-wing nativist and so-called "patriot" anti-government militias are again on the rise in the US, according to a Wednesday report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) . The SPLC said that such groups,...

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News Federal judge enjoins RealNetworks from selling DVD copying software
Federal judge enjoins RealNetworks from selling DVD copying software
Brian Jackson
August 13, 2009 07:38:00 am

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday enjoined the technology company RealNetworks from selling its DVD copying software, RealDVD. Judge Marilyn Patel held that the RealDVD software violated...

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News Federal court convicts US citizen on terrorism charges
Federal court convicts US citizen on terrorism charges
Andrew Morgan
August 12, 2009 04:27:00 pm

A federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday found American Ehsanul Islam Sadequee guilty on four terrorism-related counts. Sadequee was convicted in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia of providing material support...

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News Birmingham mayor pardons 1960s civil rights protesters
Birmingham mayor pardons 1960s civil rights protesters
Andrew Morgan
August 12, 2009 02:48:00 pm

The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, on Tuesday pardoned 2,500 people arrested in the city during nonviolent civil rights protests in the 1960s. Announcing the pardons at a city council meeting, Mayor Larry Langford said that the city...

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News ICRC head calls for greater compliance with Geneva Conventions on 60th anniversary
ICRC head calls for greater compliance with Geneva Conventions on 60th anniversary
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 12, 2009 01:34:00 pm

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Jakob Kellenberger on Wednesday called for greater compliance with the Geneva Conventions , making the documents' 60th anniversary . Kellenberger said that the conventions were...

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News Argentina high court rejects mandatory blood tests of alleged ‘Dirty War’-era abductees
Argentina high court rejects mandatory blood tests of alleged ‘Dirty War’-era abductees
Ximena Marinero
August 12, 2009 11:54:00 am

The Supreme Court of Argentina ruled Tuesday that individuals cannot be required to submit blood samples to test whether they were abducted as children during the "Dirty War" . The court issued two...

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News Pakistan ex-president Musharraf charged with illegally detaining judges
Pakistan ex-president Musharraf charged with illegally detaining judges
Andrew Morgan
August 12, 2009 11:45:00 am

Pakistani police on Tuesday filed charges against former president Pervez Musharraf alleging that he illegally detained members of the judiciary after declaring emergency rule in November 2007. Sixty judges, including Supreme Court...

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News Suu Kyi to appeal conviction for violating house arrest
Suu Kyi to appeal conviction for violating house arrest
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 12, 2009 11:23:00 am

Lawyers for Myanmar opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi and American John Yettaw said Wednesday that they will file appeals against Tuesday's guilty verdicts . Suu Kyi and Yettaw were convicted of...

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News Russia human rights activist found dead in Chechnya
Russia human rights activist found dead in Chechnya
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 12, 2009 10:02:00 am

Chechen human rights activist Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband Alik Dzhabrailov were found dead in the trunk of their car Tuesday, after being abducted Monday. Saulayeva and Dzhabrailov were taken from the office of her organization,...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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